When Scholastic Achievement Test scores (SATs) are sent to test-takers, the percentiles associated with scores are also given. Suppose a test-taker scored at the 87th percentile on the verbal part of the test and at the 14th percentile on the quantitative part. Interpret these results.
A) This student performed better than 13% of the other test-takers on the verbal part and better than 14% on the quantitative part.
B) This student performed better than 87% of the other test-takers on the verbal part and better than 14% on the quantitative part.
C) This student performed better than 13% of the other test-takers on the verbal part and better than 86% on the quantitative part.
D) This student performed better than 87% of the other test-takers on the verbal part and better than 86% on the quantitative part.

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The 87th percentile means the student scored better than 87% of test-takers on the verbal part, and the 14th percentile means they scored better than 14% on the quantitative part.

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